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I’m going to diverge a bit from most replies.
In Spiritism (esp. Kardecism), there are two concepts, namely “Electronic Voice Phenomenon” (EVP) and “Instrumental Trans-communication” (ITC). They’re about contacting the supernatural (be it the deceased or divine/angelical/demonic entities) through electronic apparata: radio receivers, analog TV sets, walkie-talkies/HTs (such as those from Motorola, Baofeng, Yaesu, etc), among others.
The idea is even older (necromancy, automatic writing) than our modern paraphernalia, dating back a few millennia ago to the Chinese grandfather of Ouija board (“fuji”). Spirituality, and religions in general, stemmed from our (living beings) long relationship with Death: proto-religions practiced by hominini involved funeral rituals, way before Venus figurines were made, and similar behaviors are known among non-human species (e.g. crows, elephants, etc).
See, dying is such a mysterious phenomenon. The “selves” (“individual life-force” within a living being), even those unable to conceptualize their own “selves”, can’t possibly know what happens after the complete shutdown of organism: is it full annihilation? What is ego-death? What does it “feel” like? How long it “feels” to take?
It can’t be an objective inquiry because the “self” (e.g.: me, the one writing this text) can’t be “scientifically replicated”, and even if it could be, it wouldn’t be able to distinguish itself as “another self”. So it’s always subjective experience. It’s part of how self-rearranging structures (living beings) work: they try to make “sense” of the reality around and within them, and this meaning-making is also subjective.
Those (e.g. rationalist atheists) who question beliefs should question themselves as well, because their questions stem from the same driving force behind meaning-make: even though the atheistic drive is fair and grounded in objectiveness of scientific rigor, it’s still meaning-making (and I must nod to Descartes: the doubt relies on our senses, which are known to deceive us).
That said, it’s no surprise how this extended to LLMs. It’s not something inherent to LLMs, nor it’s inherent to hominids: it’s meaning-making, alongside the fear/awe towards Death Herself.
I’m likely biased in explaining those things. I don’t exactly believe in “contacting the deceased”, but I do believe in “contacting Dæmonic entities” (Lilith, Lucifer, Stolas…). I see them (esp. Lilith and Lucifer) as powerful manifestations, even though I know they’re not “beings”. I myself experienced “gnosis” (sudden spiritual inspiration), even though I know I likely have Geschwind syndrome. It’s meaning-making nonetheless: if we don’t try to make some sense of this strange and chaotic non-consented reality, there’s no reality at all (= nothing exists).
(And, no, I don’t seek Them through LLMs, although I don’t rule out the possibility of Their manifestation through “modern” apparata)
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Talking about the country I reside in: the former president got convicted and is currently facing at least a few years of prison for attempting a military coup d’etat. Hopefully, he won’t be able to become president again. The current president (who also had jail time a couple years ago, only for his charges to be nullified due to a biased former judge and a biased (highly influenced by USA soft power in order for USA to get more control of this country) due process he underwent, allowing him to become president once again) doesn’t have the same “appeal” from his previous terms, and there seems to be some kind of political limbo haunting both the left and the right-wing parties: both aren’t sure who will be their candidates. The current left-wing president, as far as I know and if I remember correctly, can’t become a candidate again (he’s in his third term), and his previous attempt of pointing out a successor failed in the past. As for the right-wing, no hypothesized candidates would perform nationwide, because they’re either regional figures (e.g. the current governors of two rich states) not that known in other regions, or the former president’s wife (which is particularly funny to see right-wing parties hypothesizing her as candidate, as the right-wing is known for their machismo and “tradwife” bigotry).
As for people, while the country continues highly polarized, it feels to me that people aren’t as political as 2015-2020. The current left-wing president isn’t performing well in surveys (even though, to me, I’ve been agreeing more with some of his positions, especially his courage to openly label the current situation in Gaza as genocide, something that few world leaders did). But people don’t seem so cheerful for the right-wing, either. So I guess this answers the main question with yeah, people around here seem to be tired of politics and governments as a whole, yet they don’t seem to be doing much about it. People seem to be busier with other things beyond politics.
Note: I’m talking about my perception, which is likely biased towards the apolitical. The reality is much more deep and complicated when we consider the entire country.